Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions.

Opuscula Atheniensia 16

Ed. Brita Alroth

Contents

Paul Åström, ‘Hala Sultan Tekke—An international harbour town of the Late Cypriot Bronze Age’, pp. 7–17.

Paul Åström & Katie Demakopoulou, ‘New excavations in the Citadel of Midea, 1983–1984’, pp. 19–25.

Paul Åström, R. Maddin, J.D. Muhly & T. Stech, ‘Iron artifacts from Swedish excavations in Cyprus’, pp. 27–41.

Kevin Clinton, ‘The author of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter’, pp. 43–49.

Harold D. Evjen, ‘Competitive athletics in ancient Greece: the search for origins and influences’, pp. 51–56.

Nanno Marinatos & Robin Hägg, ‘On the ceremonial function of the Minoan polythyron’, pp. 57–73.

Erik Østby, ‘The archaic temple of Athena Alea at Tegea’, pp. 75–102.

Eva Rystedt, ‘The foot-race and other athletic contests in the Mycenaean world. The evidence of the pictorial vases’, pp. 103–116.

Charlotte Scheffer, ‘Some further comments on the gorgoneion skyphoi’, pp. 117–122.

Miscellanea

Yvonne Backe-Forsberg & Christina Risberg, ‘Metal working at Asine. ‘New’ finds from the 1926 season’, pp. 123–125.

Robert B. Koehl, ‘Another look at the Mycenaean Base Ring vase from the Athenian Agora’, pp. 125–126.

David Symons, ‘An unpublished  tomb group from Paphos’, pp. 127–130.

Robin Hägg, ‘The Swedish Institute in Athens. Report of the academic years 1982–83 and 1983–84’, pp. 131–135.

‘Guide for contributors to the Opuscula Atheniensia and Opuscula Romana’, pp. 137–139.

Bibliographical information

Brita Alroth, ed., Opuscula Atheniensia 16 (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska Institutet i Athen, 4°, 34), Stockholm 1986. ISSN 0586-0539. ISBN 13: 978-91-85086-80-1. ISBN 10: 91-85086-80-0. Soft cover: 139 pages.